I will be going.
I have brewed in the past but found it is much easier to pay someone else to do it and just sit back and enjoy. Been to last 10, almost did not get tickets this year. Nothing like 5 hours of hard drinking.

I'll see you there ... been to a meeting yet?
[suppose I wouldn't recognize ya ...]

True, but some beers you just can't find in a store. Last year's Rasperry I've never tasted the like of - and I do say tasting lots of homebrew has taught me a lot about the different malts, hops, and processes to make the beers I like.

This year my wife said where she went [wine + hop] that if you got in line when the tickets went on sale, you were too late. They were near the end and got in line half an hour before tickets started on sale.

I heard there was a mailorder, mostly for out-of-state but a friend entered [Deforest] and got tickets ... something to consider next year.

I dunno, it's sad to see tickets shut out a lot of locals who would love to come.